Paper roll braking mechanism



Feb. 9, 1937. H. A. w. WOOD PAPER ROLL BRAKING MECHANISM Original Filed June 8, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l War/g A 725% cmwm H. A.W. WOOD 2,070,327

PAPER ROLL BRAKING MECHANISM dri i al Filed June s, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 bers and the application of a braking effect at Patented Feb. 9, 1937 "PATENT o'rrlce 2,070.3.21 v I r PAPER nonnjnnlmmo Maonsmsu- Henry A. Wise Wood, New York, N. Y, assigns!" to Wood Newspaper Machinery cor oration.

New York, N. Y., a corporation of Virginia Application June 8, 1931, No. macs Renewed July 6, 19:0

3 claim. (c1.- 242-15) This invention relates to the Same subject matter in general as my prior application Serial No. 513,119. Inthat case is disclosed the fundamental idea of braking a paper roll during an emergency stop on a printing press by the combined action of the application of force to the surface of the mil by the normal tension memthe center ofthe roll through the spindle.

10 The principal object of this inventionis to provide a combination of braking forces between the application of power or force to the spindle of the roll and the application of normal tension on the surface of the roll exerted by running belts. This invention can be used as shown herein with an automatic splicing device for' renewing paper rolls as they are exhausted However, it can beused, for'other machines which. operate a heavy roll of paper or other material. 7

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

brake mechanism shownin central section.

- As in the above mentioned application, the device is driven from the printing press by a shaft I which is geared thereto. This shaft, through bevel gears 2 and 3, drives a pinion meshing with a gear I.' The gear] is bolted to a large gear rotatably mounted on a housing carried-onthe shaft I! of the reel ll. This gear 5 meshes with three gears i, one on each of the three spindle shafts 1 shown as carried on this reel. Each gear 8 runs free on thespindle shaft I and carries adisc B-bolted to it. This disc is so arranged as to contact with a brake lining 9 carried by a magnetic clutch II when this clutch is energized; The. clutch I0 is secured-to the shaft 1 and that shalt is the paperroll'. v g

' When-the magnetic clutch III is energized the paper roll .is driven or retarded in'flxed relation to the sped of thepress. If-the press is accelerated or :decel'erated rapidly the paper roll will tend to follow these changes ofspeed. Since the magnetic clutch has frictional clutch surfaces there will be a slight slip: if the changes are too sudden. In normal operation the magnetic clutch is deenergized and tension is applied by running the belts which are driven in fixed to the accompanying keyed to the core of relationship to the press in the manner shown otherwise. However, when an'emergency stop is made .it is well known that such running belts do not exert enough force to prevent arunning roll running more rapidly than the press.

In this case, by any ordinary means, the clutch I0 is energized, the instant an emergency stop is made so that we shall have immediately the combination of braking through the spindle with that of the normal tension exerted by the belts ll. Thus the roll is brought down to a stop with the press so that no slack in the" web occurs and the braking is not severe enough to breokthe web by too much tension. 'Ihus an arrangement is provided for braking the paper roll on sudden deceleration of the press by the application of a braking force through the spindle in combination wi I against e surface of the roll.

A set of running belts. ll isshown being oarried over guide pulleys 22. One of these pulleysis driven from the press so that a fixed relation of speed is maintained between the press. and belts ii. A preferred manner of driving these belts is that which causes the belts to l'llfil llightly slower than the web so that a tension is maintained on the paper. One idler pulley is mountthe tension exerted by running belts.

ed between two halves of a weight which in .tum is slidably mounted on rods 21 to allow up to have the magnetic clutch-ill fixed to the reel and operating in the manner describedabove.

It will be seen from the above that a combination .01 forces is applied for controlling the proper deceleration ofthe web roll. The application -of friction to the surface of the roll by belts is employed and is amplified by the retardation through the central axis of the roll as described.- Thus I have a combination of retarding, force's when thepress is rapidly deceleratedand. running-a large roll.

Although Ihave illustrated and described only one form of the invention I .am awareof the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressedin the claims. 'lhereforeflldo notwish to be limited. in this respect, but what I do claimiszpress, the combination with tensionbelts running at less than running speed and acting on the surface of a running roll to retard its speed of rotation, of a rotary retarding device located at the end of the running roll and acting on the roll shaft to retard the roll only when the roll is being slowed down, while the first named retarding means is in action and means for operating said retarding device in proportion to the speed of the press. 2. The combination with means for supporting a web roll, a set'of tension belts adapted to engage the running roll, means connected with the press for running said belts at a speed a little less than web speed to tend to retard the web at all times, means acting at the center of is being slowed down, at a speed slower than web speed; and means for operating the last named means in proportion to the speed c! the press.

HENRY A. WISE WOOD. 

